Today's News

Rita Delgado-Lopez got to experience a special highlight during her vacation to Las Vegas from Palm Beach, Fla. Wednesday afternoon.

Delgado-Lopez was part of the audience as state Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela announced the state department’s $75,000 Capital Outlay Award to MainStreet de Las Vegas to renovate the first floor of the E. Romero Hose and Fire Building on Bridge Street.

By Paul Davenport and Russell Contreras
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Supreme Court is cautioning trial courts and lawyers in the heavily Hispanic state that citizens who don’t speak English have the right to serve on juries — a right enshrined in the state constitution even if people are non-English speakers.

A coalition of New Mexico behavioral health providers and their supporters have formed a group after state officials froze payments to some nonprofits amid a scathing audit.

The group announced Wednesday the formation of the “New Mexicans Fighting to Save Behavioral Health” to counter what they say are state efforts to close some New Mexico providers “in favor of out-of-state companies.”

Friday
Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. North wind 5-10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Isolated showers and thunderstorms at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 5-10 mph, becoming light after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

By Russell Contreras
The Associated Press
The 10-year-old New Mexico boy lived in an abusive, filthy home and had tried desperately to get help to stop the beatings he and his younger siblings had for years faced at the hands of their abusive father, his attorney says.
Then, one day in 2009, prosecutors say, he put a gun to the head of his 250-pound father and killed him at their Belen home.

ALBUQUERQUE — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are calling on federal officials to host a public forum on access to behavioral health services.
The request comes after the New Mexico Human Services Department froze payments to 15 nonprofits that provide mental health and substance abuse services. The freeze followed an audit that found a high rate of billing problems and possible mismanagement.